Archive | January, 2012

Baby, if you’ve ever wondered, whatever became of me…

Livin’ the Dream on #ds106radioI’ve always had a great affection for radio and I knew from a very early age that I not only wanted to be a radio listener—I actually wanted to be on the radio! And ever since I got the radio bug in grade 4 when my teacher handed me a tape [...]

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Learning to Skate: It’s Daddy’s Turn!

When the teacher becomes the studentThe past ten years have been, in many ways, a period of “Gosh, I didn’t think that I would ever do that!” I didn’t think that I would ever get married. I did, six years ago. I didn’t think that I would ever have kids. I have two! I didn’t [...]

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School Transformation: It shouldn’t be like pulling teeth…or should it?

Does this remind you of your first trip to the dentist? I’m now convinced that schools are the final frontier for the type of transformational change that understands, accounts for and builds environments that truly resonate with the way that children develop and learn.  That realization came this week as we packed up our youngest son for visits to the [...]

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Adopting a Word of the Year: Fluency

I love the space between the celebration of Christmas and New Year’s Eve. In the midst of the busyness of this season, I love to find those moments of solace (yes, even with two young kids) during which I can take time to pause and think back on the year that was, and think ahead [...]

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